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Black History Month: Liberation

Freedom and civil rights through reggae, rap, classical composition, political song and soul; two takes on Redemption Song frame the hour.

Show
Roots And Roads: Black History Month And Liberation
Programme
Roots And Roads
Date
11 October 2015

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Burning Spear · Old Marcus Garvey

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Black History Month: liberation

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  1. 1
    Redemption Song · Bob Marley

    Why it was chosen Introduced the topic brilliantly

  2. 2
    Old Marcus Garvey · Burning Spear

    Why it was chosen To remind us of Marcus Garvey

  3. 3
    MLK Rap · Let The Freedom Ring
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    Why it was chosen To stick with the theme of remembering civil rights leaders and move on to Martin Luther King

  4. 4
    Malcolm, Do You Remember · Makaiba, Miriam, And Bongi
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    Why it was chosen Reminding us of one of the civil rights leaders of the nineteen sixties

  5. 5
    Afro American Symphony · William Grant Still
  6. 6
    The House I Live In · Paul Robeson
  7. 7
    Strange Fruit · Billie Holiday
  8. 8
    A Change Is Going To Come · Sam Cooke
  9. 9
    I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free · Nina Simone

    Why it was chosen She was also very much involved in that same time in that movement

  10. 10
    Who'll Pay Reparations On My Soul? · Gil Scott-Heron
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    Redemption Song · Arrested Development

    Why it was chosen To end with this the same way we started